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Massachusetts Institute of Technology – MIT

Founders Birago Jones Chris Caplice Erastus Brigham Bigelow Federico Casalegno Zen Chu

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Total investments 24
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$10M
Portfolio companies 22
Rounds per year 0.15
Lead investments 6
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.08
Exits 3
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Areas of investment

  • Renewable Energy
  • Manufacturing
  • Energy
  • AgTech
  • Machine Learning
Summary

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT is the famous Corporate Investor, which was founded in 1861. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Cambridge. The fund was located in North America if to be more exact in United States.

The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 5 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Comparing to the other companies, this Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT performs on 16 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The high activity for fund was in 2018.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United States. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Solugen, Cambridge Innovation Center (CIC), RapidSOS The fund has exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Energy Storage, Biopharma. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 participants. Despite the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT, startups are often financed by LocalGlobe, ADV, Y Combinator. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Sequoia Capital, Qualcomm, Procter & Gamble Company. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Refactor Capital, General Electric (GE), Founders Fund.

The current fund was established by Erastus Brigham Bigelow, Zen Chu.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Gaia AI

Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision
Information Services
$3M07 Dec 2022 Somerville, Massachusetts, United States

Ocient

Analytics
Big Data
Computer
Database
Software
$40M25 Jan 2021 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Secure AI Labs

Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Computer
Information Technology
Machine Learning
Network Security
Privacy
$3M01 Jan 2020 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Mobile Pixels

Consumer Electronics
Mobile
$37K19 Jun 2018 Massachusetts, United States

Sigma Ratings

Artificial Intelligence
Compliance
Information Technology
Machine Learning
$700K15 Nov 2017 New York, New York, United States

Solugen

Biopharma
Biotechnology
GreenTech
Manufacturing
$4M24 Mar 2017 Houston, Texas, United States

A123 Systems

Energy
Energy Storage
Manufacturing
Renewable Energy
Transportation
$40M25 Jan 2007 Massachusetts, United States

A123 Systems

Energy
Energy Storage
Manufacturing
Renewable Energy
Transportation
$30M01 Feb 2006 Massachusetts, United States

Informio,Inc

Infrastructure
IT Infrastructure
Wireless
$42M20 Jun 2000 Massachusetts, United States

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Total investments 24
Average round size 10M
Rounds per year 0.15
Peak activity year 2018
Lead investments 6
Follow on index 0.08
Exits 3
Group Appearance index 0.62

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Gaia AI

Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision
Information Services
$3M07 Dec 2022 Somerville, Massachusetts, United States

Ocient

Analytics
Big Data
Computer
Database
Software
$40M25 Jan 2021 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Secure AI Labs

Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Computer
Information Technology
Machine Learning
Network Security
Privacy
$3M01 Jan 2020 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Mobile Pixels

Consumer Electronics
Mobile
$37K19 Jun 2018 Massachusetts, United States

Sigma Ratings

Artificial Intelligence
Compliance
Information Technology
Machine Learning
$700K15 Nov 2017 New York, New York, United States

Solugen

Biopharma
Biotechnology
GreenTech
Manufacturing
$4M24 Mar 2017 Houston, Texas, United States

A123 Systems

Energy
Energy Storage
Manufacturing
Renewable Energy
Transportation
$40M25 Jan 2007 Massachusetts, United States

A123 Systems

Energy
Energy Storage
Manufacturing
Renewable Energy
Transportation
$30M01 Feb 2006 Massachusetts, United States

Informio,Inc

Infrastructure
IT Infrastructure
Wireless
$42M20 Jun 2000 Massachusetts, United States
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